Sighting 4440517
Mycomya (genus)
11 A fungus gnat at Paddys River, ACT
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| Mycomya (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 11 Aug 2022 | |
| Mycetophilidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Aug 2022 | |
| Sciaridae sp. (family) | RobG1 | 9 Aug 2022 |
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User's notes
I was looking to see the labellum on this Bunochilus, but it had been triggered. I could see some legs poking out, and as I watched, this fungus gnat finally crawled free of the labellem and galea. Once free, it was persistently trying to get back at the labellum which was still triggered. I watched it for around 45 minutes, but the labellum didn't reset in this time.
6 comments
11 Aug 2022
Have been checking greenhoods and helmets for fungus gnats with colleagues for the past year and this is one of the best pictures to emerge of sexual deceit of the males. Tobias has a movie of the process on YouTube.
11 Aug 2022
Nice one! Yep this one is a male of the genus Mycomya, this is one species I looked at during my PhD
Location information
- Coordinates 148.887444-35.456250
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Aug 2022 11:42 AM Recorded on
- RobG1 Recorded by
- Bunochilus montanus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Male Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Collections
- Featured RobG1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mycomya sp. (genus) Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families) True flies (Diptera) Insects
Species information
- Mycomya (genus) Scientific name
- A fungus gnat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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